FILE - Tampa Bay Lightning's Andre Roy, right, and Philadelphia Flyers' Donald Brashear (97) fight two seconds into the first period Thursday, Dec. 18, 2003, in Philadelphia. A second fight between the teams came 14 seconds later. Brashear fought in the NHL because that was his job, not because he wanted to drop the gloves — which he did more than all but seven players to ever play in the league. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy, File)
FILE - Washington Capitals left wing Donald Brashear (87) throws a punch at New York Rangers right wing Colton Orr (28) in the first period of an NHL hockey game at Madison Square Garden in New York, Feb. 11, 2009. Brashear fought 277 times in his more than 1,000-game career with Philadelphia, Montreal, Vancouver, Washington and the New York Rangers from 1993-2010. He was part of an era when enforcers were prized by teams. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
FILE - Washington Capitals' Donald Brashear, left, loses his balance as he celebrates his goal with teammate David Steckel, far right, as New York Islanders' Chris Campoli (14), Thomas Pock (17) of Austria, and Bill Guerin (13) look on during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, in Washington. “Fighting was never the most important thing in my life,” Brashear said. “But I did it anyway and I found a role in that.” (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)
FILE - Ottawa Senators' Brian McGrattan, left, and Philadelphia Flyers' Donald Brashear square off during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, March 25, 2006, in Philadelphia. Brashear's 2,634 penalty minutes rank 15th all time. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy, File)
FILE - Philadelphia Flyers' Donald Brashear, right, celebrates his first period goal against the Vancouver Canucks as teammate Keith Primeau skates in, center, Tuesday, March 4, 2003, in Philadelphia. Vancouver's Ed Jovanovski skates through the crease at left. “To me, even when I played, the goal of hockey was the team that scores more goals than the other that wins the game,” said Brashear, who scored 88 of them over his long NHL career. “(Fighting) helps sometimes to gain respect. It doesn’t make you score goals or it doesn’t make you make passes or stuff like that.(AP Photo/Chris Gardner, File)
FILE - New York Rangers' Donald Brashear (87) fights Atlanta Thrashers' Eric Boulton (36) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, in New York. Only seven players in NHL history have fought more more than Donald Brashear. He was part of an era when enforcers were prized by teams. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)